re: Getting blasted on work trips….

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back up to the room and vomit, and the other two looked pretty rough. I just don’t get it. When I say younger, I’m talking prob mid 30s. SMH.

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Keep up appearances for the frat bros.

I got blasted on a New Orleans work trip several years ago. Some old friends with my old company were there for a convention.

We all went out and got hammered. I was staying at the Hotel Intercontinental and got lost leaving the French Quarter, and almost got hit by a car that I just saw get involved in a hit and run. I was asking a trolley driver directions and had to jump in the trolley to keep from getting hit.

Crazy night.

About 10 years or so ago I was traveling 2-3 days a week for work for a little over a year with an older co-worker doing vendor quals. We were being paid $150 a day for meals and incidental expenses. He seldom made it out of the first airport bar with any of that $150 still in his pocket. Admittedly its hard to find a more expensive way to satisfy your alcoholism than an airport bar but that old dude was serious. We'd fly from point A on Sunday afternoon or Monday morning and either way by dinner he was almost always out of pocket by dinner and for certain by the time he was at the hotel bar after dinner. I like to drink also but I would spend about 1/3 of that $150 a day and would have eaten and drank way more than I wanted. I seriously do not know how he functioned but he never really appeared or acted drunk but he certainly was. He almost never drove, we could have both rented a car but he would ride with me most of the time. Always stayed in a Sheraton if available because almost all of them at the time offered a Manager's reception every evening with free beer, wine and snacks. Most of them still do by the way. He could drink as much as anyone I ever knew and I have known a LOT of serious drunks. He is retired now and owns a micro-brewery close to Lagos Portugal. He is pushing 80, still drinking like a fish and is, by all outward appearances, healthy as a horse.

We were doing Vendor quality assurance qualifications so we could buy vendors lunches or dinners but were not supposed to accept any sort of "gift" from the vendor. We were doing a controls contractor in Texas once and they offered us sky box tickets and a limo ride to a Stars game. We both explained that we could not accept any sort of "gift" but appreciated the gesture. As it turned out he did indeed accept LOL...one of the engineers was staying at the same hotel as us and they met at the bar and he went with them to the game...I do not know if the company we were contracted to ever knew or not.

father of a toddler and I travel for work. I look forward to dead silence. I generally just hit the road so I'll throw a bottle of bourbon in my duffle..have a few pours..maybe some delta 9... maybe go out to dinner maybe just a pizza to the room. But honestly... a quite evening when I get in from work and 0% chance of being woken up is fricking glorious... no need to party

I definitely never get drunk with co-workers, but if I'm on a work trip I will sometimes go out alone (depending on the city) and have a couple drinks at a restaurant or bar.

It’s all fun and games until you end up at the bus station followed by getting rolled up in a rug in Stanka’s trunk.

I try to go out for a nice dinner and then I see what's on TV. If the hotel has a pool, I might swim.

My clients were every electric utility in the US and Canada. More often than not, competitors were on the same hallway with me. I was not there to dump 200-300 on liquor at every stop I made.

The only outside stuff we did, my Reps in Washington and Oregon were two good ole boys that grew up in Birmingham. Shot dice in the alleyways to and from school for lunch money. They taught me to shoot dice.. Indian Casinos were our best target. Sometimes my wife got 500 when I got home, sometimes 6,000 or more.

I made mid to upper six figures. And we showed it. Daughter went to private school.

In retirement…..I shoot dice still. Daughter gets gifts in paper at every turn.

I always enjoyed meeting new people and essentially being forced to communicate with them. Especially the females. I have some lifelong friends I've only met once for 4 days.

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About 10 years or so ago I was traveling 2-3 days a week for work for a little over a year with an older co-worker doing vendor quals. We were being paid $150 a day for meals and incidental expenses. He seldom made it out of the first airport bar with any of that $150 still in his pocket. Admittedly its hard to find a more expensive way to satisfy your alcoholism than an airport bar but that old dude was serious. We'd fly from point A on Sunday afternoon or Monday morning and either way by dinner he was almost always out of pocket by dinner and for certain by the time he was at the hotel bar after dinner. I like to drink also but I would spend about 1/3 of that $150 a day and would have eaten and drank way more than I wanted. I seriously do not know how he functioned but he never really appeared or acted drunk but he certainly was. He almost never drove, we could have both rented a car but he would ride with me most of the time. Always stayed in a Sheraton if available because almost all of them at the time offered a Manager's reception every evening with free beer, wine and snacks. Most of them still do by the way. He could drink as much as anyone I ever knew and I have known a LOT of serious drunks. He is retired now and owns a micro-brewery close to Lagos Portugal. He is pushing 80, still drinking like a fish and is, by all outward appearances, healthy as a horse. We were doing Vendor quality assurance qualifications so we could buy vendors lunches or dinners but were not supposed to accept any sort of "gift" from the vendor. We were doing a controls contractor in Texas once and they offered us sky box tickets and a limo ride to a Stars game. We both explained that we could not accept any sort of "gift" but appreciated the gesture. As it turned out he did indeed accept LOL...one of the engineers was staying at the same hotel as us and they met at the bar and he went with them to the game...I do not know if the company we were contracted to ever knew or not.

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